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The expectations of the new government that is to be voted in today are not high. It is clear that it will not be able to take Slovenia out of crisis overnight, improve the economic situation or raise the quality of life, the daily Delo says in Friday's front-page commentary "Expectations".

The national men's ski jumping team, handball coach Slavko Ivezi?, former dancer Meta Zagorc and sports official Janko Popovi? received the 2011 Bloudek Prizes, the highest national awards for achievements in sports, at a ceremony in Ljubljana on Thursday evening.

An exhibition of selected works by acclaimed modern artists from former Yugoslavia will open at the Koro?ka Art Gallery on Friday in Slovenj Gradec, a partner city in Maribor's stint as the European Capital of Culture (EPK).

The village of Ljubno ob Savinji (N) will host this weekend top female ski-jumpers as part of the ladies' inaugural World Cup season. The events will feature 49 women from 14 countries, six of them Slovenian.

Snow flurries are expected in parts of Slovenia on Friday, especially in the southeast. The northerly to northeasterly winds will pick up again.

Megadeth, formed in 1983 by Dave Mustaine, the former guitarist for Metallica, are one of the all time most successful metal bands. 

Next to Metallica, Megadeth were one of the 1990s' bands who most successfully adapted the thrash metal sound of the time to the taste of mainstream audiences. Over the recent years, which have seen a revival of the original hard and sharp sound of metal music, Megadeth have returned to their roots.

Their latest album, TH1RT3EN (2011)  debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Programme: D. Žgur, J. Gregorc, N. de Gleria, V. Atanasovski

Programme: PH. Glass: Piano Pieces

The Congolese band Konono No 1. create original mixture of the traditional and the modern sounds which transcends musical genres and is  reminiscent of contemporary electronic music.

The group is by Mingiedi Mawangu, a virtuoso on likembe (traditional thumb piano). They stared their career in 1960s but acchieved international fame much later, in 2005, with the album Congotronics.

Their music, created by electronically amplified likembes was compared by critics to various revolutionary musicians such as Can and their krautrock sound, Jimi Hendrix, Lee Perry or the pioneers of early techno.